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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David P Gearing, Wellesley, MA (US);
Samantha J Busfield, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Millennium BioTherapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 691 ; 536 235 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification and characterization of a novel gene called don-1 related to epidermal growth factors (EGF) such as the neuregulins, and methods of preparing and using alternate splice forms of this gene to express new Don-1 polypeptides.